thunderbird?

[Peter Garrett]

On Tue, 02 May 2006 01:10:30 +0000
"Mark W." <mrkwht at telus.net> wrote:

> Peter Garrett wrote:
> > You didn't need to go out and search for the package then "download.... to
> > the home directory" . Ubuntu has a different, and *far* easier way to
> > install packages...
> 
> This might be easier for those that have a high-speed Internet
> connection.

I understand this - as it happens I am still on dialup myself :) I still
use apt-get and synaptic though - and Thunderbird is not too bad a
download, even on dialup. Now if you were installing all of KDE or
something like that, then yes, broadband is (almost) a necessity!

I've managed to keep my Breezy install up to date on dialup, and installed
quite a number of additional apps, and even kubuntu-desktop etc as well.
Whether this is practical for you, or others, depends partly on how
(relatively) good your dialup speeds are, what your monthly limits are, and
what your ISPs connection policies are. Here session length is limited to
5 hours - but since apt-get can be interrupted during the download phase,
and is smart enough to pick up where it left off on re-issuing the
original command, it is possible to break up an installation over several
sessions.
> 
> But for those of us that usually download a package at some place
> (work, for instace ;) with a high-speed connection, then burn the
> package on a CD to install it on onother computer that has only
> a dial-up connection, it isn't.

Right - fair enough. Others might still find the information useful though.

> 
> Ubuntu generously distributes installation CD's and I assume this
> is *exactly* because the distro authors know that not everybody
> is on broadnband.

Indeed. 

Peter
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